Words that other adults use that irritate you?

[Mangosmoothiesprinkles]

Some examples that seem to irritate me (yes I know it’s totally irrational!).

First is someone calling the tumble dryer ‘the tumblee’ (written phonetically to explain how they pronounce it). Second is ‘homee’ rather than home. I know there is no reason for these to give me the rage but they do.

AIBU to feel irrationally annoyed? What words that other adults use give you the rage?

On here I hate it when people respond to other posters with "on my love.." or " oh my darling..." when they don't know them from Adam.

Poorly
Hun

🤬

Let's have some munch (lunch).

Gross.

When people use the term: ‘at the minute..’

Makes me want to punch them.

@HairyFanjoBanjo

When people use the term: ‘at the minute..’

Makes me want to punch them.

So agree - it is a horrible expression! Whatever happened to 'at the moment'??

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"Love and light"

@FancyLampshade

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"Love and light"

🤣🤣🤣🤣 People actually sign off with that??

My friend starts every sentence with
"Like I say". 😡

@wantanotherdog

Yeah, ikr – it depends where you live.

Less of it in the UK, which is one thing it has going for it at least.

Poorly and tummy. Are you three?

@MydogWillow

Guys referring to their girlfriends as The Missus.

Actually, anyone referring to their significant other as The Missus.

Or The Wife. Why not "my wife" or even better, "Sally my wife".

@CatJumperTwat

Poorly and tummy. Are you three?

No but I might be talking to or about someone who is

@KaycePollard
Irony.

Awesome. It rarely is.
Cool. Ditto.
Utilised when used is better.
Get, instead of have.

@Onairjunkie

I’ll make no friends for this but I think the following make people sound common and just a bit thick 😬:

Nan, cuppa, brew, l’il, hun, sweets (as a term of address), poorly, tea (for dinner), doggy, my little Princess, prinny, little man, mummy’s little , bubba, bub, holibobs, girly, fab, journey, lickle, hubby, hubster, famalam, “love my little family”, doggo, kiddies, ‘super’ excited (about something mundane such as a MLM product ‘launch’), haul, colab., “this is everything”, boobing, queen/kween, my king (below photo of fat, sweating, sunburnt man in marble foyer of Dubai hotel), ‘little mate’ (referring to child)….

I could go on. And on.

'Queen' used to be an old Liverpool dialect one. 'Prinny' the same (princess) but yes it's hardly classy, I agree.

I can't bear it when people say they have a 'streaming' cold - it gives such a grim and vivid mental image 🤢

Just seen a new one on here. Someone saying they don't think their child should watch "tele" at nursery. It's TV or television.

Just seen a new one on here. Someone saying they don't think their child should watch "tele" at nursery. It's TV or television.

We say tv but I think a lot of people say "telly". Surely you've heard that before?

@lockdownmadnessdotcom

Just seen a new one on here. Someone saying they don't think their child should watch "tele" at nursery. It's TV or television.

And as you have seen, the OP of that thread has recently moved to the UK from another anglophone country.

@lockdownmadnessdotcom

Just seen a new one on here. Someone saying they don't think their child should watch "tele" at nursery. It's TV or television.

Admittedly I've never "spelled" it as tele, but I only ever say telly! I've never called it the television and rarely TV!

‘Ahaha’ - no idea why because ‘haha’ isn’t so annoying

People describing their 2yr+ kids ages in months. Even worse when they describe them as a ‘baby’ as well. ‘My 28 month baby’ 😑

Fake Glaswegian (?) spelling used online - ‘I cannae’

When arguing starting every phrase with ‘I’m sorry, but…’

Snowflake used as an insult

‘Support’ - so so so massively over used especially on here. Bonus annoying points for ‘support system’. Makes me think of scaffolding.

Richard Osman has started to annoy me by saying “Welcome along” to the House of Games.

@lockdownmadnessdotcom

Just seen a new one on here. Someone saying they don't think their child should watch "tele" at nursery. It's TV or television.

What? Tele / telly is very much in standard usage. Remember telly addicts?

Just seen a new one on here. Someone saying they don't think their child should watch "tele" at nursery. It's TV or television.

Tele is a real word! It’s the non standard spelling for telly and what I have always called the TV.

Have you never heard of Teletubbies?!

‘Ahaha’ - no idea why because ‘haha’ isn’t so annoying
I always read Ahaha as ‘Ahaha, you idiot’ - A sneering laugh.
Haha is ‘Haha! You’re really funny!’